Crisis is creating opportunities, but to invest in commercial real estate you need professional asset and fund managers. Larger investor need to do their homework very carefully, while smaller investor may prefer buying shares of a fund

Startups like Rocket Design and big companies like Poste italiane are finding solutions to their problems through crowdsourcing and crowdfunding

Contrary to the conventional corporate wisdom, family firms in Italy have weathered the crisis better than other types of companies. This is especially true when young generations are the helm, because they are more optimistic and show a higher propensity to invest

A system linking areas, resources, actors and the integration between territorial marketing and product marketing will continue to propel the growth of Italian enogastronomy. This type of synergy is especially important for the future of smaller rural communites

Social network analysis studies the role of networks in technological and organizational innovation. The next step is about understanding how they emerge and evolve, and a number of factors are involved

We must break the vicious circle that prevents those holding money from lending it out. If creditors spend, debtors will pay, and if that requires a bit of inflation or a tax on bank deposits, at least Europe's economies will stop treading water and move forward